by-street
Example Sentences
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A corridor joined the theatre to the door on the by-street; and with this, the cabinet communicated separately by a second flight of stairs.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
At Chateaudun as at Vendome, we sought out lodgings in a by-street, and therein passed the night.
From The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire by Stephens, Robert Neilson
I turned east again without knowing it, and it was quite dark when I passed along a sombre little by-street, ill lighted and empty.
From The Three Impostors or The Transmutations by Machen, Arthur
The prison was in a by-street of shabby houses.
From The Benefactress by Elizabeth
He turned down a short and narrow by-street, with only room for a house or two, and they found themselves on the little common that is known as the Green of Cardyllion.
From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
